Foot and Fire

Welcome to Cambodia's Royal Palace From Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, we took a 6-hour bus trip heading to Pnomh Penh, Cambodia. While it is not a clean city, we had a great time shopping in the Russian, Old Market and Night Market in this capital city of Cambodia. We visited the Royal Palace and we loved the structures found therein and the small museums housing different pieces. While it is not as grand and as vast as Thailand's, it is still a recommended place to visit. Monks and tourists abound in this place. It is also a place to rest for a while. Smiling behind a pretty gate. Having photo shoot all around...  Indigenous instruments played by Cambodian Youth... Some sculpted images and jars with mural at the back Trimmed shrubs and roaming monks... Taken inside one of the museums... This is a Royal Seat... behind is a mural. Life-size elephant image Like our indigenous weaving machine. Wall images.. We stayed here in KI...

Cambodia, while welcoming of tourists, still has land mines in some areas and there are foundations even that commit itself to safely remove the same which is considered as remnants of a painful past. However, the areas are all identified areas so there is nothing to worry about except to thank the Cambodian government for the opportunity to visit their culturally rich place. But this does not mean that as tourists, we are just chose or prepared or came to see the happy side. Hence, while it is not a happy place to visit, we started our day trip in Pnomh Penh, capital of Cambodia, with a visit to the Choeung Ek Genocidal Center. For 3$, the ticket says that the proceed goes to the preservation of the center and scholarship of poor students. They erected a glass obelisk (or it is aptly a tower) on the site and the glass encases layers of skulls of those who died in the so-called killing fields. From there, various signboards telling about the place where the Cambodians were unlo...